Roger, 41, from east London, reacted by saying: “This is emotional.” Asked by host Amanda Holden if he had a ‘game plan’ to avoid being in the bottom two again, he replied: “Sing from your heart. That’s all you can do.”

Earlier in the show, the finalists had performed Take That hit Greatest Day, accompanied on the piano by Gary Barlow, who praised the singers. Nathan said of the experience: “When we found out that we were going to be singing with Gary Barlow in rehearsals – that was a milestone in all of our journeys.”

Ben Forster, 31, from Sunderland, stays in the competition along with Roger, David Hunter, 27, from Warrington, and Rory Taylor, 24, from the Wirral.